Tag: Yokohama

The Bleach anime series will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a special event in Yokohama. The event is scheduled to start on April 26, 2024 at the Yokohama Landmark Tower. [Thanks, ... ( read original story ...)

The powerful lower house of Japan's parliament passed a bill Tuesday to promote understanding of LGBTQ+ issues amid protests by activists who say last-minute revisions by Prime Minister Fumio ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese civil code rules that limit marriage to those of the opposite sex are "unconstitutional" and "discriminatory", the high court in the northern city of Sapporo said in its ruling, but dismissed ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO >> A Japanese high court ruled Thursday that denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and called for urgent government action to address the lack of any law allowing for such unions. ( read original story ...)

A pair of tourists zoomed through Shibuya in Tokyo, Japan, in go-karts, footage posted to TikTok shows. This footage was captured by Brittany Doohan, who told Storyful that she strapped a camera to ... ( read original story ...)

In a landmark ruling, Japan’s Sapporo High Court declared that the country’s prohibition on same-sex marriage breaches the constitution, establishing a precedent for LGBTQ+ rights recognition in Japan ... ( read original story ...)

A panel of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers has revised up its estimate of economic damage from a powerful earthquake directly beneath the Tokyo area. It says long-term damage to the economy and ... ( read original story ...)

YouTuber and former lawmaker Yoshikazu Higashitani, better known by his online name GaaSyy, was found guilty on March 14 of threatening actor Go Ayano and others in his videos, and sentenced to three ... ( read original story ...)

Residents of Fukuyama were warned not to approach the cat after it fell into a vat of toxic chemicals in a factory and went on the loose in the city. ( read original story ...)

Japan's bar on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, the high court in the northern city of Sapporo said on Thursday, the first such ruling by an appeals court on a matter that has divided the lower ... ( read original story ...)

The court does not have the power to overturn the current marriage law, which has been interpreted to restrict marriage as between a man and a woman. ( read original story ...)

The High Court in Japan’s northern city of Sapporo ruled in favor of three couples who sued against the country’s ban on same-sex marriage, adding to earlier legal victories for the LGBTQ community. ( read original story ...)

In Japan, a month after Valentine’s Day, partners who received gifts in February are expected to give on White Day. ( read original story ...)

Two more rulings in Japanese district courts have added weight to the push for same-sex marriage to be legalised. This week, courts in Tokyo and Sapporo ruled the nation's current ban was ... ( read original story ...)

Japan high court says denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, calls for urgent government action for redress ... ( read original story ...)

Patience Capital Group, the Singapore-based investor behind a $1.42 billion luxury ski project in northern Japan, is in talks to reopen its fund to new investors eager to get in before tightening by ... ( read original story ...)